Hoodlums kill 1, injure many others in Lagos

- The hoodlums went on rampage after demanding an undisclosed amount of money from a tipper driver

- The person killed was stabbed to death by the hoodlums while officers from Oworonshoki police station shot another person during the attack

- The hoodlums reportedly went from street to street smashing vehicle windscreens and destroying shops in the area

Hoodlums have reportedly stabbed one person to death and injured many others in an attack following disagreement between a tipper driver and some hoodlums at Oworonshoki area of Lagos state.

Officers from Oworonshoki police station later arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the attack while other suspects are being questioned at the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) in Yaba.

Reports have it that the hoodlums went from street to street smashing vehicle windscreens and destroying shops before some of them were arrested by the police.

NAIJ.com gathered that the chaos started on Wednesday night, May 17 and ended on Thursday, May 18, when anti-riot policemen and soldiers arrived on the scene.

According to an eyewitness, trouble started when some toll-collecting touts operating in the area demanded for an undisclosed amount of money from a tipper driver who was delivering granite to a location in the area. The driver however refused.

The eyewitness said the money that the driver did not give them caused the chaos.

He said the driver chose not to give the touts money because some set of gangs had earlier collected an undisclosed amount from him.

‘’Those who had first collected money from the tipper driver stormed the place with guns, clubs and machetes.